Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ602607
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4871
How Reading and Writing Literacy Narratives Affect Preservice Teachers' Understandings of Literacy, Pedagogy, and Multiculturalism.
Clark, Caroline; Medina, Carmen
Journal of Teacher Education, v51 n1 p63-76 Jan-Feb 2000
Discusses how to prepare teachers to educate diverse learners engaged in multiple and new literacies, describing a graduate course that introduced language, literacy, and culture. Data from students' writings, reading logs, reading responses, and final papers on literacy and pedagogy indicated that reading and writing literacy narratives was a positive experience, fostering multicultural understanding and complex conceptions of literacy. (SM)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Diversity (Student), Ethnic Stereotypes, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Masters Programs, Multicultural Education, Personal Narratives, Preservice Teacher Education, Racial Attitudes, Secondary Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Teachers, Teacher Certification
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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